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  1977 Tenerife Air Disaster

  On March 28 1977, a terrorist bomb exploded at Las Palmas airport in the Canary Islands, and as a result a number of planes were diverted to Los Rodeos airport on Tenerife. Several hours later, a KLM 747 jumbo jet attempted ...

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  1985 Japan Airlines Crash

  On August 12 1985, Japan Airlines flight 123 took off from Tokyo, headed for Osaka. Twelve minutes into the flight, at 23,900 feet, part of the plane ruptured, damaging the plane's tail and destroying the hydraulic system. The pilots, despite ...